MESA, Ariz. – Eric Davis, the dynamic outfielder from the ’80s and ’90s now working as a special assistant for the Cincinnati Reds, saw Joe Maddon on Monday at Goodyear Ballpark and wanted to know: When are you bringing the snake out?

Maddon first earned his reputation as a zookeeper and a ringmaster while managing the Tampa Bay Rays, but everything is magnified around a big-market team that likes to work hard and play hard.

From Maddon’s first shot-and-a-beer press conference at The Cubby Bear to the disco-ball-and-smoke-machine postgame celebrations at Wrigley Field to Jake Arrieta and Javier Báez posing nude for ESPN The Magazine to the “Anchorman”/Pedro Strop/pajama-themed road trips, the Cubs are always going viral.

Except once the Cubs got through the grim press conferences dealing with off-the-field issues in mid-February, Camp Maddon has become unusually quiet.